Grand Hotel, Taipei

Grand Hotel is a 5-star historic luxury property with family-friendly facilities, an on-site spa, and diverse dining. Rooms include Horizon rooms with city views, premium doubles with balconies, and interior rooms without windows; all feature Dyson hair dryers, air filters, and capsule coffee machines, with bathrooms offering separate tubs and showers. The hotel houses multiple restaurants including Golden Dragon for Chinese cuisine (Peking duck), Yuan Yuan, steakhouse, and a lobby cafe, while the breakfast buffet covers over 50 stations with Asian and Western options. Recreational amenities include an Olympic-size outdoor pool, tennis courts, a fitness center, sauna, and hiking trails, with a shuttle connecting to the pool complex. The property sits on a hill 0.5 km from Jiantan and near Shilin Night Market, and Grand Hotel provides a free shuttle every 20 minutes to Yuanshan MRT station. Grand Hotel also features a bar, coffee house, minimarket on site, and offers luggage storage, concierge service, and currency exchange. Guests can join guided tours of the historic escape tunnels. Business facilities include meeting rooms and a business center, and family amenities include a kids' pool and children's menus.

Staff are friendly and helpful.

Pillow menu allows guests to select preferred pillow firmness.

Water dispensers on each floor provide easy access to drinking water.

The outdoor pool is a lap pool rather than a relaxation pool.

The hilltop location and large grounds require shuttle use for the MRT station and pool area.